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Confirmed 2015 speakers

Dr Adriansyah, Chief Executive Officer, PT Pertamina EP

Dr. Adriansyah is the President Director of Pertamina EP. He began his career in Operational and Processing Geophysics with Pertamina and held a number of positions at the company including Vice President of Upstream Technology Center and Senior Vice President of Upstream Business Development.

Mr Luis Enrique Ortigas Cúneo, Chairman, Perupetro S.A.

Luis Ortigas was appointed President of Perupetro and Chairman of the board in early 2013 having previously holding the role of Undersecretary of Mines, in the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
Mr Ortigas will be joining our keynote interviews, discussing the future of energy in the Americas, the...

Mr Miguel Galuccio, Chief Executive Officer, YPF

Since May 7th 2012 Miguel Galuccio has been the president and CEO of YPF – the leading energy company in Argentina.
In his two years leading the company, YPF has managed to reverse its decline and has achieved the best results in oil and gas production of the last 10 years. He secured a deal...

Mr Rudolf Elias, Managing Director, Staatsolie

Rudolf Elias is the current Managing Director of Suriname's national oil company, Staatsolie. He is a Member of the Board of Directors and is currently responsible for the existing Refinery, Marketing and the execution of the Refinery Expansion Project.

Ms Carina U. Matutina has been involved in treasury operations for more than a decade. She has a vast experience in investment management, fund-raising for energy projects through bank loan, bonds and ODA sources, project evaluation and financial risk management. Ms Matutina is currently...

Mr Marcelo Tokman, CEO, ENAP

Marcelo Tokman was Chile's Minister of Energy and President of the National Energy Commission from 2007-2010 and was appointed CEO of ENAP in April 2014.Mr Tokman joins the keynote partnerships panel alongside other company heads where he will discuss his views on NOC/IOC and NOC/NOC...

Hon Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah is the current Minister of Petroleum and a Member of Parliament for the Ellembele Constituency, in the Western Region of Ghana. He has an MSc. from University of Maryland, USA and BA (Hons) Social Science from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in...

Mr Michael P. Mwanda, Chairman, TPDC

Mr Michael Mwanda is the Chairman of TPDC and is responsible for implementation of the countries petroleum exploration and development policies. Mr Mwanda will join other key African leaders in discussing the furthering of oil and gas development in the continent.

Mr Zoltán Áldott joined the INA Management board in 2003 after has an extensive career as a financial consultant. He has been the President of the Board since 2010, leading the company’s strategy. Mr Aldott’s will join the panel discussion on the topic of international partnering to advance global...

Manuel Ferreira De Oliveira graduated in Engineering from the University of Oporto in 1971. He also has an MSc Degree from the University of Manchester, a PHD from the University of Manchester and a Degree of “Professor Agregado” from the University of Oporto where he was appointed “Professor...

Christof Rühl is the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority’s (ADIA) first Global Head of Research. In this new function, he is responsible for establishing, managing and leading ADIA’s first global research team, providing economic and geopolitical underpinning to the fund’s strategic and commercial...

Jay R. Pryor is vice president of Business Development for Chevron Corporation, a position he has held since 2006. He is responsible for identifying and developing new, large-scale upstream and downstream business opportunities, including mergers and acquisitions.
Previously Pryor was managing...

Mr Khavan Sok, Secretary of State, Ministry Of Mines And Energy

H.E. Mr. Sok Khavan is a Secretary of State at the Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Royal Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia. Prior to this appointment he was the Director General of the Cambodian National Petroleum Authority (CNPA), where he was responsible for regulating all activities...

Mr Dieter Helm, Professor at the University of Oxford, University of Oxford

Dieter is an Official Fellow in Economics at New College, Oxford, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Oxford and Professorial Research Fellow of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. He is Chair of the Natural Capital Committee and a Director of Aurora Energy Research...

Mr Vivek Chandra, CEO, Texas LNG LLC

Geophysical Engineer with graduate degrees in Energy Economics, Management and Commercial Law. Global energy professional with 24+ years of LNG / gas commercialization, business development, negotiations, acquisition and divestment, project & strategy development experience in the international ...

Mr Pascal Clovis Velonarivo, Former General Manager of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Oil Madagascar

Mr. Velonarivo Pascal Clovis is an Engineer Consultant in Oil and Gas, Mining and Community Projects.He is a petroleum geologist. He studied at the Institute of Oil and Chemistry Azizbekov of Baku Azerbaijan and obtained in 1982 the degree of Master of Sciences majoring in geology for research and...

Dr Attila Nyikos, Vice Chairman and Vice President of International Relations, Mekh

Dr. Attila Nyikos is Vice President for International Affairs at the Hungarian Energy and Public Utility Regulatory Authority. Between 2010 and July 2013 he was Head of International and Legal Department at National Directorate General for Disaster Management of the Hungarian Ministry of...

Mr Johannes Benigni, Managing Direcor, JBC Asia Pte.Ltd

Johannes Benigni is the chairman and founder of the JBC Energy Group and is currently based in Singapore. Johannes started his career in energy markets more than two decades ago.
Originally working in commodity trading and the brokering of oil and natural resources, today he is specializes in...

Professor Keun-Wook Paik is an associate fellow of the Energy, Environment and Resources department at Chatham House and an expert in Asian energy issues. He is a senior research fellow at the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies and the author of Sino-Russian Oil and Gas Cooperation: The Reality...

Prof Paul Stevens, Senior Research Fellow Energy, University of Dundee

Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs) in London. Educated as an economist and as a specialist on the Middle East at Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies; 1973-1979 teaching at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon...

Mr Momodou Badjie, Managing Director, Gambia National Petroleum Corp

Momodou Badjie is the Managing Director of the Gambia National Petroleum Company, reponsible for running of the company and the success of Gambian oil and gas intterests. Mr Badjie will join other leaders in African Oil & gas in discussing strategies for maximising upstream opportunities.

Mr Hilton Banda, President, Geoscientist Association Of Malawi

President, Geoscientist Association of Malawi-GAM, a holder of Bachelor of Science in geology from University of Malawi 2010, with interest in Oil and Gas. Hilton received 2014 Africa Leadership award Oil and Gas sector. He is among geologist involved much in the field of Oil & Gas and as a...

Kong Chyong holds a PhD in Energy Economics and Policy from Cambridge Judge Business School and an MPhil in Technology Policy from Cambridge. Before coming to Cambridge, Kong worked as a researcher at the National Academy of Sciences in Ukraine. Since completing his PhD, Kong has been a research...

Keisuke Sadamori became the IEA Director for Energy Markets and Security in 2012, leading an administrative structure that includes several core functions ofthe IEA, including monitoring global oil markets and responding to energy-supply disruptions.Prior to joining the IEA, Mr. Sadamori, a...

Mr Pawel Poprawa, Advisor, Instytut Studiow Energetycznych Spolka Zoo

Expert in unconventional gas and oil, one of the most experienced geologists in Poland, conducting for last 7 years a broad spectrum of geological research on shale gas, shale oil, and tight gas in Poland and surrounding countries. Initially working at Polish Geological Institute, acting as a...

Mr Ian Davison, Head of Gas Consulting, R.P.S.

Ian is an experienced business leader and during a 30+ year career has held senior commercial roles across a wide spectrum of the international energy industry, including upstream oil and gas, LNG, gas marketing and gas-to-liquids conversion. He has a proven track record in identifying and...